Digital badges are a way for a person to signal achievements, successes, and experience to others. Mozilla has developed an Open Badges ecosystem that provides a standard way of presenting badges and the data associated with them. Digital badges can contain data that validates who issued the badge, what was done to earn the badge, when it was earned, etc.
As Extension and, in particular 4-H, begins to experiment with badges, it is important to understand what badges represent and how they may be of value to learners. At the same time, we must critically examine how badges fit in with informal and emergent learning.
Join our panel in a conversation around digital badges, their role in Extension, and lifelong learning in general.
The panel will include:
- Tony Cook, Alabama Cooperative Extension
- Brett
Bixler, Ph.D. - Lead Instructional Designer &
Educational Gaming Commons Evangelist, Penn State University
- Sheryl Grant, Director of Social Networking for the
HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition
This critical conversation will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout On Air. Attendees can view and participate in the conversation on the Google+ Event page (link to be posted) or on the Network Literacy CoP YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/NetworkLiteracyCoP). For more details on eXtension's use of Hangouts On Air see: bit.ly/on-air-instructions
See others in the series:
-- Mobile applications: The Mobile Quandary at learn.extension.org/events/598
-- BYOD - Smartphones and Tablets in the Workplace at learn.extension.org/events/599
-- Cultivating a workforce of knowledge workers at https://learn.extension.org/events/600
-- Personal vs. professional identities in social media at https://learn.extension.org/events/786
John A. (Tony) Cook
4-h network literacy critical conversations
MSU Extension is pleased to offer professional development opportunities designed to assist youth development program staff and volunteer administrators in their efforts. Sessions are designed from the youth development perspective; however, all interested participants are welcome.
This presentation examines neglected ‘pieces of the puzzle’ that is the immigrant paradox. First, because youth of different generations acculturate differently to the U.S., they might respond to academic measures (such as school engagement & perceived school support) in different ways. Secondly, traditional “inputs” to achievement – feeling like school staff care about you and are supportive, feeling engaged to one’s school and the process of schooling – may also play differential roles in the achievement of immigrant youth from different generations.
This research examines these unanswered questions, applying quantitative methods to a large sample of immigrant youth who attend New York City public high schools. Though the details of this study will be briefly explained, this webinar will focus on the implications of this research for policy and practice, suggesting what schools and practitioners can do to arrest generational declines in academic achievement and foster positive youth development among immigrant youth.
Pre-registration for this event is encouraged but not required. To pre-register, please visit: events.anr.msu.edu/diemer
Presenter bio: Dr. Matthew Diemer
Matthew Diemer is an associate professor of educational psychology and educational technology. His teaching and scholarship emphasize the sociocultural context of human development and learning. Specifically, he is interested in understanding how marginalized youth negotiate structural constraints in school, college, and work. His program of research explores a) how marginalized youth develop a critical consciousness of social, political, and racial inequality and become motivated to produce social change and be politically active, b) career development and engagement with the opportunity structure among marginalized youth, and c) how this critical consciousness may help marginalized youth more effectively negotiate educational and vocational barriers. A new line of inquiry examines how low-income youths’ developmental context contributes to their postsecondary persistence. His work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in journals such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and has been funded by sources such as the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, the American Educational Research Association, and the American Psychological Foundation.
Molly Frendo
education youth development research
This annual stakeholders meeting facilitates focused communications from key stakeholder groups from around the country on a key public health need to motivate pesticide handlers and pesticide workers to use best pesticide personal protective equipment (PPE) practices. There is a first partial day on March 25th, 2013 (4-6 PM) that is optional. This first day is open to everyone registered and includes informal introductions and discussions of partnering opportunities, as well as, on-going collaborations. On day two, March 26, 2013 (8AM – 6PM), this is the public meeting. In the morning sessions, formal sessions will focus on potential health effects of pesticide exposure, work safety culture, and the use and limitations of storytelling to motivate safer and healthier work practices. Pesticide handlers and pesticide workers will also share their personal stories. The afternoon will be less formal. There will be an update from U.S. EPA. Also, selected stakeholders will showcase unique efforts to improve pesticide PPE practices. There will also be interactive sessions involving an expert panel, in which stakeholders will brainstorm on ways to collaboratively promote wide-spread adoption of best pesticide PPE work practices. The following diverse groups of stakeholders will be represented in the meetings: manufacturers, suppliers, educators, regulators, employee and employer advocates, employers and supervisors and pesticide handlers and workers. The meeting will accommodate 45 stakeholders in-person and several hundreds of stakeholders at 100 locations around the country via ‘Live Meetings’. Physical location is NIOSH, Patriots Plaza 1, 395 E. Street, S.W., Romm 9000, Washington, DC. Pre-registration is REQUIRED. To register or for more information, please contact Kim Faulkner at kfaulkner@cdc.gov or 412-386-6609.
farm safety and health pesticide personal protective equipment
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